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Hedgerows also help to sequester carbon in the soil, because they have large underground networks of mycorrhizal fungi and microbes that can...

Hedgerows also help to sequester carbon in the soil, because they have large underground networks of mycorrhizal fungi and microbes that can extend metres into the field. Farmers have spent decades removing hedgerows to make intensive farming easier, but restoring them, and maintaining existing hedgerows, would improve biodiversity, reduce the erosion of topsoil, and help to stop harmful agricultural runoff, which is a key polluter of rivers.

“Arable farmers could sequester more carbon within their soils by changing their crop rotation, planting cover crops such as clover, or...

“Arable farmers could sequester more carbon within their soils by changing their crop rotation, planting cover crops such as clover, or using direct drilling, which allows crops to be planted without the need for ploughing. Livestock farmers could improve their soils by growing more native grasses.”

“Using better farming techniques to store 1% more carbon in about half of the world’s agricultural soils would … absorb about 31...

“Using better farming techniques to store 1% more carbon in about half of the world’s agricultural soils would … absorb about 31 gigatonnes of CO2 a year, according to new data. That amount is not far off the 32 GT gap between current planned emissions reduction globally per year and the amount of carbon that must be cut by 2030 to stay within 1.5C.”

#soil #climate #co2 #globalwarming

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/improving-farming-soil-carbon-store-global-heating-target

@RebeccaSolnit in WaPo:"What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil fuel-derived...

@RebeccaSolnit in WaPo:

"What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness to flourishing nature, to good food produced without abuse of labor? What if we were to think of wealth as security in our environments and societies, and as confidence in a viable future?"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/15/rebecca-solnit-climate-change-wealth-abundance/

“One way to minimize air quality and moisture problems in a home, without opening a window, is by the installation of a mechanical...

“One way to minimize air quality and moisture problems in a home, without opening a window, is by the installation of a mechanical ventilation system using an air-to-air heat exchanger. An air-to-air heat exchanger brings two air streams of different temperatures into thermal contact, transferring heat from the exhausting inside air to incoming outside air during the heating season.”

“Recently, due to high energy costs and better materials, homeowners and builders are stopping the small air leaks around doors, windows,...

“Recently, due to high energy costs and better materials, homeowners and builders are stopping the small air leaks around doors, windows, plumbing and even light switch plates. In some homes, this natural air infiltration now replaces inside air every four to 10 hours, compared with every 30 minutes 40 years ago. Unfortunately, this reduction of outside air entering the structure can lead to problems with indoor air quality.”

https://www.ag.ndsu.edu:8000/agriculture/extension/publications/air-air-heat-exchangers-healthier-energy-efficient-homes

Build a sunken greenhouse for an all-year-round vegetable garden!https://thetinylife.com/sunken-greenhouse/

Build a sunken greenhouse for an all-year-round vegetable garden!

https://thetinylife.com/sunken-greenhouse/

“Despite rapid advances, though, a key barrier to industrial-scale enzymatic recycling loomed.The enzymes were only effective on a small...

“Despite rapid advances, though, a key barrier to industrial-scale enzymatic recycling loomed.

The enzymes were only effective on a small percentage of PET products—those made from “amorphous” PET. They struggled to deconstruct the highly common, durable “crystalline” varieties of PET without first softening them with high heat and extra energy. Crystalline PET comprises nearly 90% of all PET produced, including polyester fibers in clothing and parts of single-use beverage bottles.”

Scientists Discover Enzymes That Could Make It Cheaper To Recycle Waste Polyester Textiles and Bottles Than Making Them From PetroleumUsing...

Scientists Discover Enzymes That Could Make It Cheaper To Recycle Waste Polyester Textiles and Bottles Than Making Them From Petroleum

Using Machine Learning, NREL-Led Team Discovered Variants of 'Plastic-Eating' Enzymes Adapted To Deconstructing All Varieties of PET—Even Durable Crystalline Varieties

https://www.nrel.gov/news/features/2022/scientists-discover-enzymes-cheaper-to-recycle-waste-polyester-textiles-and-bottles-than-making-from-petroleum.html

3M will officially be stopping production of PFAS...

3M will officially be stopping production of PFAS chemicals!

https://www.reuters.com/business/3m-stop-making-forever-chemicals-take-up-23-bln-charge-2022-12-20/

Drought is not destiny. The groundwater table can be replenished with permaculture techniques. See Andrew Millison's series on community...

Drought is not destiny. The groundwater table can be replenished with permaculture techniques. See Andrew Millison's series on community agriculture projects in India:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8nqnOcoLqE

Pollution cleanup method destroys toxic “forever chemicals”"The patent-pending process infuses contaminated water with hydrogen,...

Pollution cleanup method destroys toxic “forever chemicals”

"The patent-pending process infuses contaminated water with hydrogen, then blasts the water with high-energy, short-wavelength ultraviolet light. The hydrogen polarizes water molecules to make them more reactive, while the light catalyzes chemical reactions that destroy the pollutants, known as PFAS or poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances."

https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/12/12/pollution-cleanup-method-destroys-toxic-forever-chemicals

"We don’t live in the universe. The universe isn’t an empty box; it’s not a place in which we reside. We are, in fact, the...

"We don’t live in the universe. The universe isn’t an empty box; it’s not a place in which we reside. We are, in fact, the universe: emanating from its substance, within itself."

- Neil Theise

https://www.organism.earth/library/document/inherent-compassion